Week 26

Week 26! 1/4 Of My journey here in Spain already gone!

So the week started with another 12 hour bus/train trip back from
Cartagena to the beautiful Huelva. Elder van Leeuwen and I had some
pretty interesting experiences to help pass the time though. I think
the best was when these three teenage girls behind us assumed that we
didn't know Spanish and started talking about us. I'll spare you the
details of their inappropriate conversation. I was patiently waiting
for an opportunity to unveil our understanding of their potty mouths,
when finally my companion gave me an inspired phone call to see how I
was doing. You should have seen their faces when they heard me
speaking Spanish on the phone. Priceless.

For the rest of the week we have just been working as hard as we can
here. We are really working on our finding efforts, passing by all the
people who in the past have listened to the missionaries, knocking
doors, or trying to find people in the street. It's been a little more
difficult than what I am used to doing from my time in Cartagena, but
it has given us some pretty funny stories. One time we were standing
outside of this building, trying to find this guy we had talked to one
time, and so we asked a lady standing outside too if she knew the guy
or where he lived. She then looked at us and said, "if you want to
find him, all you have to do is this" and proceeded to push every
single call button for the entire building! Needless to say, the
people in the building were not to happy with us. It was kinda like in
the movie elf when he presses all of the elevator buttons...except we
were the other people in the elevator.

One of the best experiences I had this week was having my first
interview with the new mission president. I was a little nervous at
first because I had never had an interview with him, but the biggest
impression that I got from the interview was simply how much he loves
each of us missionaries individually. I had been having some questions
that I wanted to ask his advice on in the interview, and as I told
him, his eyes lit up so bright as if everything had just clicked into
place and made sense. He told me that that morning, he had the
inspiration to read a specific talk and didn't know why, so he read
it. The talk addressed the exact issue that I was having, and he was
able to direct me to that talk. It was a testimony to me of how God is
penitent of each and every one of His children, and also the
willingness and desire of president Anderson to follow the guidance of
the spirit; he is a true disciple of Christ.

Things are going great here! We found a couple of new investigators
this past week who are progressing really fast! We have already seen
miracles with them and I know we will see more as the weeks go on.
This area has been a lot harder than the area before, but I know that
it is helping increase my faith that the Lord is preparing people and
that this is His work, not ours. It's crazy to think that in two more
weeks elder guarcax will be going home and yet again I'll be getting
another new companion! I'm praying for another American native (like
central or south, not north) but we will see what happens! As always,
thanks for the support and the prayers! Have a great week :)

Elder Jenkins

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